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Re: Need more info about Canvas::character

#359
From: Mark Linton
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 19:02
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In article <3106@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>, smp@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Shailesh M. Potnis) writes:
|> 
|> 	I need more info about:
|> 
|> virtual void Canvas::character(const Font*, long ch, Coord width, const Color*,
|> Coord x, Coord y);
|> 
|> 	Particularly about the significance of the width and Coord x.

(x,y) is the lower-left corner where the character should be drawn.
The width parameter allows Canvas to bundle several character requests,
e.g., consecutive calls with 'a', w, x and 'b', <anything>, x+w could allow
'ab' to be written in a single drawing request.
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Subject: Re: Need more info about Canvas::character
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